Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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Today's guest is Ariel Garten, who is the co founder of Muse, a device that helps you meditate easier and deeper.
Chapters:
0:00 Welcome to Take a Deep Breath
0:49 Why a Neuroscientist Couldn't Meditate
2:03 The Real Reasons People Struggle with Meditation
2:54 What IS Meditation? Science Explained
4:06 Game-Changing Benefits You'll Actually Notice
5:53 The Minimum Effective Dose for Results
7:05 Serial Meditation Failures Unite
7:29 How Muse Tracks Your Brain in Real-Time
9:03 What Are You Actually Doing When Meditating?
10:44 Focus on Breath or Let Thoughts Pass?
12:40 How to Change Your Relationship with Emotions
13:20 Breath Awareness vs Breath Work in Meditation
15:23 Body-Led Meditation Deep Dive
16:33 Dropping Into Your Body & Out of Your Mind
18:28 The Truth About Pain & Secondary Suffering
19:51 NASA's Mars Meditation Experiments
21:58 How Muse Transformed Sleep Science
24:29 The Digital Sleeping Pill That Actually Works
25:54 Deep Sleep Stimulation Breakthrough
28:30 How Much Deep Sleep Do You Really Need?
30:31 Avoid This Common Sleep Mistake
31:27 Mental Fitness vs Physical Fitness
33:33 How to Measure Your Mental Fitness
34:31 Oxygen Flow to Your Brain Explained
36:42 Training Your Brain to Demand More Oxygen
38:40 Breath Work Meets Brain Tracking
41:02 Best Time to Meditate (Honest Answer)
43:16 Eyes Open vs Eyes Closed Meditation
45:35 Lying Down vs Sitting Meditation
47:14 You Are More Wonderful Than You Think
48:26 Final Thanks & Discount Code
Free Resources:
🎁 Start Here: FREE 7-Day Nervous System Reset Course (worth $99, free for a limited time)
👉 takeadeepbreath.co.uk/7-day-reset-signup
Work With Me:
🌿 Heal Your Nervous System At Your Own Pace - a self-paced course to fix chronic stress and anxiety, on your own time
👉 skool.com/breathe/about
🧘 1:1 Breathing & Nervous System Reset Coaching - personalised support to fit your life
👉 takeadeepbreath.co.uk/121-coaching-2026 Want to try Muse?
Get 15% off Muse at choosemuse.com/tadb
Today's guest is Ariel Garten, who is the co founder of Muse, a device that helps you meditate easier and deeper.
Chapters:
0:00 Welcome to Take a Deep Breath
0:49 Why a Neuroscientist Couldn't Meditate
2:03 The Real Reasons People Struggle with Meditation
2:54 What IS Meditation? Science Explained
4:06 Game-Changing Benefits You'll Actually Notice
5:53 The Minimum Effective Dose for Results
7:05 Serial Meditation Failures Unite
7:29 How Muse Tracks Your Brain in Real-Time
9:03 What Are You Actually Doing When Meditating?
10:44 Focus on Breath or Let Thoughts Pass?
12:40 How to Change Your Relationship with Emotions
13:20 Breath Awareness vs Breath Work in Meditation
15:23 Body-Led Meditation Deep Dive
16:33 Dropping Into Your Body & Out of Your Mind
18:28 The Truth About Pain & Secondary Suffering
19:51 NASA's Mars Meditation Experiments
21:58 How Muse Transformed Sleep Science
24:29 The Digital Sleeping Pill That Actually Works
25:54 Deep Sleep Stimulation Breakthrough
28:30 How Much Deep Sleep Do You Really Need?
30:31 Avoid This Common Sleep Mistake
31:27 Mental Fitness vs Physical Fitness
33:33 How to Measure Your Mental Fitness
34:31 Oxygen Flow to Your Brain Explained
36:42 Training Your Brain to Demand More Oxygen
38:40 Breath Work Meets Brain Tracking
41:02 Best Time to Meditate (Honest Answer)
43:16 Eyes Open vs Eyes Closed Meditation
45:35 Lying Down vs Sitting Meditation
47:14 You Are More Wonderful Than You Think
48:26 Final Thanks & Discount Code
